Latham, Edward David, <br/><br/>
Tonality as Drama  Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas /  [print] 
Edward D. Latham. 
 - Denton, Texas :  University of North Texas Press,  (c)2008. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) :  illustrations ; 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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<br/><br/>Tonality as drama: an introduction--  --  Dramatic closure: the Stanislavsky system and the attainment of character objectives--  --  Tonal closure: a Schenkerian approach to tonal drama--  --  The completed background line with open-ended coda: Scott Joplin's grand opera Treemonisha (1911) ; --  The multi-movement Anstieg or initial ascent: George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess (1935) ; --  The multi-movement initial arpeggiation: Kurt Weill's Broadway opera Street scene (1947) ; --  The prolonged permanent interruption: Aaron Copland's operatic tone poem The tender land (1954). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781574413717 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Operas--Analysis, appreciation.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MT95 MT95.P964.T663 2008